處理文字、書稿的人
把「把關＋塑形」這個核心動作放在文字上：拿著稿子挑、改、校對，讓它能付印。這是 editor 最素樸的一面——面對白紙黑字的編輯。
book/text editor · noun · B2
A person who gets a book or article ready for printing by choosing what to keep and checking for mistakes.
編輯
核心畫面
The person who decides what stays and what goes, then shapes the kept pieces into a finished whole. Picture someone with a pile of raw material — text, film, contributions — choosing, cutting, arranging until it's ready to go out. Every sense is some version of that gatekeeper-and-shaper: choosing what's in, leaving out the rest, putting the rest together.
可以想成那個決定「什麼留、什麼拿掉」、再把留下的部分組成一個完成品的人：面前一堆原料——文字、影片、別人的稿件——他…更多收起
可以想成那個決定「什麼留、什麼拿掉」、再把留下的部分組成一個完成品的人：面前一堆原料——文字、影片、別人的稿件——他挑、他剪、他排，直到可以發出去。editor 的每個用法都是這個「把關＋塑形」的某種版本：選進來、把其餘的拿掉、再把選中的拼成一個整體。From the word’s history
From Latin 'editor' — 'one who gives out, who puts forth', from 'edere' (e- 'out' + 'dare' to give): the person who brings a work out into the world. Choosing and shaping material so it can be put forth sits right on that root.
源自拉丁文 editor，意思是「把東西交出去、發布出來的人」，由 edere（e-「出」＋ dare「給」）而來：把一部作品帶到世人面前的人。把材料挑選、整理好讓它能發出去，正好坐在這個字根上。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'editor'
Four branches
媒體中決定內容的人
把「決定什麼進來」這個權力放到一整份刊物或一條新聞線上：他不只改稿，更拍板整體要放什麼。是核心動作往「掌舵者」方向的延伸。
newspaper/magazine editor · noun · B2
The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, who decides what goes into it.
主編 / 總編
處理影音的人
把同一個「挑與拼」搬到影像和聲音上：原料變成一段段畫面或錄音，他剪掉多餘的、把保留的接成成品。動作不變，材料換成了會動會響的東西。
film/video editor · noun · B2
A person who gets a film, TV show, or recording ready by choosing what to keep and putting the parts together.
剪輯師
做編輯的工具
把「做編輯的那個角色」轉到一個工具上：能讓你選、改、排的軟體。不再是人，而是替你執行同一個「挑與改」動作的程式。
editing software · noun · B2
A computer program that lets you change saved information, such as text or pictures.
編輯器
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
editornoun/ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/
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A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- Eight days after Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate, the Criticism section on Walz’s Wikipedia article was removed in its entirety. (The removal was made by an editor with administrator status who is in the top 100 list of editors by number of edits.)
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A copy editor.
- 3
A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
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A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
- 5
A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
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computingengineeringmathematicsA program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
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broadcastingcinematographyfilmSomeone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。